VC2M4N07
choose and use estimation and rounding to check and explain the reasonableness of calculations, including the results of financial transactions
- using proficiency with basic facts to estimate the result of a calculation and say what amounts the answer will be between; for example, 5 packets of biscuits at $2.60 each will cost between $10 and $15 as 5 × $2 = $10 and 5 × $3 = $15
- using rounded amounts to complete an estimated budget for a shopping trip or an excursion, explaining why overestimating the amounts is appropriate
- recognising the effect of rounding in addition and multiplication calculations; rounding both numbers up, both numbers down, and one number up and one number down, and explaining which is the best approximation and why
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Coin Sheets (Australian Currency)
A sheet of coins to use with games and activities.
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Estimating Products of Whole Numbers Matching Game
Guide your students to round the factors to estimate the product with this maths matching game.
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Vertical Number Line - Rounding Worksheets
Use a vertical number line to round whole numbers to a given place with a set of rounding worksheets.
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Financial Planning Maths Investigation - My Day at Leisure Land!
A mathematics investigation involving financial planning, embedded in a real-world context.
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Money and Financial Mathematics Worksheets - Year 4
2 money and financial mathematics worksheets linked to the Australian Curriculum.
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Money Dominoes (Australian Currency)
Forty cards for dominoes using Australian currency.
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Piggy Bank Pigs - Australian Coins
Piggy Bank Pigs are a fun, hands on way for students to learn each of the coins and how their values add up to a certain amount.
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Estimating Sums & Differences Interactive Picture Reveal
Send your students on an intergalactic maths adventure while practising how to estimate sums and differences of whole numbers.
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Plan a Halloween Party – Estimation Project
Plan your own Halloween party and practice estimating sums, differences and products of whole numbers and decimals with an engaging maths project!
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Estimating Sums and Differences Interactive Activity
Download our interactive activity designed to sharpen your students’ understanding of estimating sums and differences with rounding and compatible numbers.
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Estimating Sums and Differences Differentiated Worksheets
Teach your students how to round and use compatible numbers to estimate sums and differences with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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Money Matters Worksheet
A worksheet requiring different combinations of money to make the provided amount.
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What's it Worth? New Zealand Currency Game
Use this What's it Worth? game when learning about the value of coins.
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Australian Coins Small Change Poster
A poster showing different amounts and the coins that can be used to make them.
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Australian Money Word Wall Vocabulary
Seventy-five money vocabulary cards.
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Money and Financial Mathematics Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of resources exploring money and financial mathematics.
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Interactive Money Game Lab
An interactive currency activity using Australian banknotes and coins.